3 WellPoint board members resigning

7:45 AM,
May 14, 2013

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Three longtime members of health insurance giant WellPoint's board of directors are resigning, the Indianapolis-based company announced Monday.

Sheila Burke, Susan Bayh and Dr. Lenox Baker Jr. are leaving the 11-member board for personal reasons, according to company filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commision.

"Health care is transforming, and that transformation is accelerating rapidly," said WellPoint spokeswoman Kristin Binns. "It is incumbent on the board to bring in new perspectives to help navigate these changes." ...